Microsoft Contracts in London

Microsoft
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London requiring knowledge or experience of Microsoft products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Microsoft over the 6 months leading up to 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within the Microsoft Corporation.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 12 9 13
Rank change year-on-year -3 +4 0
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 1,565 2,196 3,090
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 12.47% 12.31% 11.43%
As % of the Vendors category 27.47% 30.34% 29.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,079 1,560 2,345
10th Percentile £262 £208 £256
25th Percentile £400 £370 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £538
Median % change year-on-year - -6.98% +0.47%
75th Percentile £624 £613 £650
90th Percentile £700 £725 £750
England median daily rate £475 £488 £500
% change year-on-year -2.56% -2.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 46 48 41
10th Percentile £15.84 £12.50 £16.13
25th Percentile £17.10 £14.55 £19.50
Median hourly rate £23.90 £19.50 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +22.56% -29.09% -38.20%
75th Percentile £32.77 £25.41 £53.75
90th Percentile £64.13 £34.05 £64.50
England median hourly rate £19.49 £15.00 £21.75
% change year-on-year +29.90% -31.03% +17.57%

All Vendors
London

Microsoft falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services in London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 5,697 7,239 10,511
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 45.38% 40.57% 38.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,739 4,965 7,443
10th Percentile £325 £300 £325
25th Percentile £425 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £548 £550 £563
Median % change year-on-year -0.45% -2.22% +2.27%
75th Percentile £653 £661 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £798
England median daily rate £525 £520 £538
% change year-on-year +0.96% -3.26% +2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 93 137 127
10th Percentile £15.97 £13.86 £16.28
25th Percentile £22.27 £17.00 £21.00
Median hourly rate £29.00 £23.80 £30.75
Median % change year-on-year +21.85% -22.60% -12.14%
75th Percentile £51.25 £36.00 £57.00
90th Percentile £67.00 £62.25 £70.00
England median hourly rate £27.13 £22.50 £39.55
% change year-on-year +20.56% -43.11% +88.33%

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Microsoft as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft in London

Microsoft
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Microsoft in London.

Daily rate trend for Microsoft in London

Microsoft
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft in London over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft in London

Microsoft
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Microsoft in London.

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft in London

Microsoft
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Microsoft in London over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Microsoft in London

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Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft within the London region over the 6 months to 30 April 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Central London -3 304 £500 -9.09% 143
South London +10 37 £513 +113.54% 26
West London -5 24 £375 -6.25% 50
East London +1 22 £585 +11.69% 29
North London - 8 £481 - 8
Microsoft
England

Microsoft
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 193 (12.33%) SharePoint
2 98 (6.26%) Microsoft Exchange
3 41 (2.62%) Confluence
4 14 (0.89%) Apache Spark
4 14 (0.89%) CMS
5 8 (0.51%) IIS
6 7 (0.45%) Apache
6 7 (0.45%) Tomcat
7 4 (0.26%) Headless CMS
7 4 (0.26%) Skype for Business
8 3 (0.19%) Drupal
8 3 (0.19%) JBoss
8 3 (0.19%) SAS
8 3 (0.19%) WebSphere
9 2 (0.13%) Anypoint
9 2 (0.13%) Apache Airflow
9 2 (0.13%) ArcGIS
9 2 (0.13%) nginx
10 1 (0.064%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 1 (0.064%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 216 (13.80%) Microsoft Office
2 151 (9.65%) Microsoft Excel
3 82 (5.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 41 (2.62%) MS Visio
5 38 (2.43%) Microsoft Project
6 13 (0.83%) Chatbot
7 8 (0.51%) Spreadsheet
8 7 (0.45%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 4 (0.26%) Acrobat
9 4 (0.26%) AutoCAD
10 3 (0.19%) Camtasia
11 2 (0.13%) 1Password
11 2 (0.13%) Adobe Illustrator
11 2 (0.13%) Photoshop
12 1 (0.064%) Adobe XD
12 1 (0.064%) FileZilla
12 1 (0.064%) Notion
12 1 (0.064%) Oracle Smart View
12 1 (0.064%) Sketch
12 1 (0.064%) Trello
Business Applications
1 88 (5.62%) Dynamics CRM
2 16 (1.02%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (0.32%) Dynamics AX
4 4 (0.26%) CA PPM
4 4 (0.26%) Kondor
4 4 (0.26%) NetSuite
4 4 (0.26%) Oracle Financials
4 4 (0.26%) SAP PS
4 4 (0.26%) Shopify
4 4 (0.26%) Unit4 Business World
5 3 (0.19%) Dynamics NAV
5 3 (0.19%) Raiser’s Edge
5 3 (0.19%) SAP CAR
5 3 (0.19%) SAP GRC
5 3 (0.19%) SAP Retail
5 3 (0.19%) Workday HCM
6 2 (0.13%) HFM
6 2 (0.13%) Loan IQ
6 2 (0.13%) Magento
6 2 (0.13%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 634 (40.51%) Azure
2 351 (22.43%) Microsoft 365
3 243 (15.53%) Power Platform
4 187 (11.95%) Entra ID
5 143 (9.14%) AWS
6 131 (8.37%) Dynamics 365
7 103 (6.58%) Power Automate
8 101 (6.45%) Azure DevOps
9 97 (6.20%) PowerApps
10 69 (4.41%) OneDrive
11 68 (4.35%) Serverless
12 62 (3.96%) SaaS
13 58 (3.71%) IaaS
14 56 (3.58%) GCP
14 56 (3.58%) Microsoft Purview
15 49 (3.13%) PaaS
16 44 (2.81%) Azure Data Factory
17 41 (2.62%) Azure Sentinel
18 39 (2.49%) Azure Functions
19 34 (2.17%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 124 (7.92%) Firewall
2 76 (4.86%) DNS
3 60 (3.83%) VPN
4 48 (3.07%) Network Security
5 43 (2.75%) Wi-Fi
6 37 (2.36%) WAN
7 36 (2.30%) TCP/IP
8 31 (1.98%) DHCP
9 22 (1.41%) LAN
10 16 (1.02%) MPLS
11 15 (0.96%) Remote Desktop
11 15 (0.96%) SSL
12 14 (0.89%) SD-WAN
13 13 (0.83%) Wireless
14 12 (0.77%) VLAN
15 11 (0.70%) HTTP
16 10 (0.64%) WebEx
17 9 (0.58%) Cisco IOS
17 9 (0.58%) S/MIME
18 8 (0.51%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 139 (8.88%) Power BI
2 122 (7.80%) SQL Server
3 48 (3.07%) Data Warehouse
4 37 (2.36%) Data Lake
5 35 (2.24%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 31 (1.98%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 30 (1.92%) Tableau
8 27 (1.73%) NoSQL
8 27 (1.73%) Relational Database
9 24 (1.53%) Azure SQL Database
10 17 (1.09%) Big Data
10 17 (1.09%) MS Access
11 15 (0.96%) PostgreSQL
12 14 (0.89%) Metadata
12 14 (0.89%) Power Query
13 12 (0.77%) BusinessObjects
14 11 (0.70%) Oracle Database
14 11 (0.70%) Oracle Reports
15 10 (0.64%) Elasticsearch
16 9 (0.58%) Apache Hive
Development Applications
1 95 (6.07%) JIRA
2 37 (2.36%) Git
3 32 (2.04%) Jenkins
4 20 (1.28%) GitLab
5 9 (0.58%) Postman
6 7 (0.45%) Selenium
6 7 (0.45%) SonarQube
6 7 (0.45%) Sonatype Nexus
7 6 (0.38%) JUnit
7 6 (0.38%) TeamCity
8 5 (0.32%) Bitbucket
8 5 (0.32%) MSI
8 5 (0.32%) Visual Studio Code
9 4 (0.26%) Cypress.io
9 4 (0.26%) JMeter
9 4 (0.26%) LoadRunner
9 4 (0.26%) NUnit
10 3 (0.19%) Maven
10 3 (0.19%) Mockito
10 3 (0.19%) Visual Studio
General
1 545 (34.82%) Social Skills
2 413 (26.39%) Finance
3 173 (11.05%) Analytical Skills
4 153 (9.78%) Public Sector
5 136 (8.69%) Banking
6 65 (4.15%) Marketing
7 52 (3.32%) Presentation Skills
8 49 (3.13%) Organisational Skills
9 44 (2.81%) Documentation Skills
10 42 (2.68%) Telecoms
11 41 (2.62%) Legal
12 38 (2.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 34 (2.17%) Retail
14 33 (2.11%) Local Government
15 27 (1.73%) Financial Institution
16 23 (1.47%) Back Office
17 22 (1.41%) Law
18 20 (1.28%) Investment Banking
18 20 (1.28%) Manufacturing
19 19 (1.21%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 218 (13.93%) Analyst
2 199 (12.72%) Architect
3 172 (10.99%) Developer
4 136 (8.69%) Lead
5 120 (7.67%) Senior
6 83 (5.30%) Support Engineer
7 80 (5.11%) Consultant
8 73 (4.66%) Solutions Architect
9 62 (3.96%) Project Manager
10 56 (3.58%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 51 (3.26%) Business Analyst
12 47 (3.00%) IT Support
13 42 (2.68%) Azure Engineer
14 40 (2.56%) Support Analyst
15 38 (2.43%) IT Engineer
15 38 (2.43%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
16 37 (2.36%) Data Engineer
17 33 (2.11%) Security Engineer
18 32 (2.04%) Technical Leader
19 31 (1.98%) IT Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 117 (7.48%) .NET
2 45 (2.88%) HTML
3 43 (2.75%) REST
4 40 (2.56%) .NET Framework
5 39 (2.49%) CSS
6 29 (1.85%) OAuth
7 25 (1.60%) SOAP
7 25 (1.60%) Web Services
8 24 (1.53%) .NET Core
8 24 (1.53%) JSON
9 23 (1.47%) React
10 21 (1.34%) SailPoint
11 20 (1.28%) ASP.NET
12 19 (1.21%) SAML
12 19 (1.21%) XML
13 18 (1.15%) ASP.NET Web API
14 16 (1.02%) LDAP
15 15 (0.96%) AngularJS
15 15 (0.96%) WCF
16 14 (0.89%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 64 (4.09%) Management Information System
2 61 (3.90%) Onboarding
3 42 (2.68%) Product Ownership
4 38 (2.43%) Cloud Native
5 32 (2.04%) Self-Motivation
5 32 (2.04%) Video Conferencing
6 30 (1.92%) Data Centre
6 30 (1.92%) Security Posture
7 22 (1.41%) PKI
7 22 (1.41%) Public Cloud
8 21 (1.34%) Greenfield Project
9 18 (1.15%) Social Media
10 17 (1.09%) Low-Code
11 16 (1.02%) Enterprise Software
12 15 (0.96%) Algorithms
13 14 (0.89%) Data Protection Act
14 13 (0.83%) Data Structures
14 13 (0.83%) Insider Threat
14 13 (0.83%) Smartphone
14 13 (0.83%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 322 (20.58%) Windows
2 103 (6.58%) Windows 10
3 88 (5.62%) Windows Server
4 81 (5.18%) Linux
5 42 (2.68%) Apple iOS
6 24 (1.53%) Android
7 23 (1.47%) Mac OS
8 16 (1.02%) Unix
9 10 (0.64%) Windows 7
10 9 (0.58%) Windows Server 2016
10 9 (0.58%) Windows Server 2019
11 6 (0.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 4 (0.26%) VMS
12 4 (0.26%) Windows Server 2012
13 3 (0.19%) CentOS
13 3 (0.19%) Windows Server 2008
14 2 (0.13%) Mac OS X
14 2 (0.13%) Ubuntu
14 2 (0.13%) Windows Server 2003
15 1 (0.064%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 332 (21.21%) Problem-Solving
2 292 (18.66%) Agile
3 210 (13.42%) Migration
4 200 (12.78%) DevOps
5 151 (9.65%) Project Management
6 148 (9.46%) Stakeholder Management
7 126 (8.05%) Business Intelligence
8 115 (7.35%) ITIL
9 113 (7.22%) CRM
10 112 (7.16%) Cybersecurity
11 109 (6.96%) CI/CD
12 103 (6.58%) Roadmaps
13 102 (6.52%) Customer Service
14 95 (6.07%) Analytics
15 85 (5.43%) Change Management
16 83 (5.30%) Data Modelling
16 83 (5.30%) Project Delivery
17 79 (5.05%) Cloud Security
18 77 (4.92%) Continuous Improvement
18 77 (4.92%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 229 (14.63%) SQL
2 214 (13.67%) PowerShell
3 155 (9.90%) Python
4 122 (7.80%) C#
5 114 (7.28%) JavaScript
6 81 (5.18%) Java
7 33 (2.11%) TypeScript
8 29 (1.85%) Bicep
9 20 (1.28%) VBA
10 19 (1.21%) T-SQL
11 15 (0.96%) Bash
12 12 (0.77%) Kusto Query Language
13 11 (0.70%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 11 (0.70%) R
14 9 (0.58%) Go
15 8 (0.51%) C++
16 7 (0.45%) PL/SQL
16 7 (0.45%) Scala
17 6 (0.38%) Apex Code
18 5 (0.32%) F#
Qualifications
1 194 (12.40%) Security Cleared
2 176 (11.25%) Degree
3 145 (9.27%) SC Cleared
4 81 (5.18%) Microsoft Certification
5 54 (3.45%) Azure Certification
6 41 (2.62%) CISSP
7 34 (2.17%) Computer Science Degree
8 30 (1.92%) PMI Certification
9 28 (1.79%) DV Cleared
10 25 (1.60%) AWS Certification
10 25 (1.60%) PMP
11 23 (1.47%) CISM
12 22 (1.41%) Cisco Certification
13 12 (0.77%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 11 (0.70%) GCIH
15 10 (0.64%) BPSS Clearance
15 10 (0.64%) CompTIA Security+
16 9 (0.58%) CCNA
16 9 (0.58%) TOGAF Certification
17 8 (0.51%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 62 (3.96%) GDPR
2 51 (3.26%) QA
3 46 (2.94%) Data Quality
4 40 (2.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 38 (2.43%) SLA
6 35 (2.24%) Accessibility
7 31 (1.98%) PMO
8 29 (1.85%) NIST
9 21 (1.34%) HIPAA
10 19 (1.21%) PCI DSS
11 14 (0.89%) GRC
11 14 (0.89%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 14 (0.89%) SOC 2
12 11 (0.70%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 7 (0.45%) WCAG
14 5 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials
14 5 (0.32%) Government Security Classifications
14 5 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
15 4 (0.26%) NIST 800
16 3 (0.19%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 316 (20.19%) Active Directory
2 62 (3.96%) VMware Infrastructure
3 32 (2.04%) Virtual Machines
4 26 (1.66%) Docker
5 18 (1.15%) vSphere
6 14 (0.89%) Virtual Desktop
7 13 (0.83%) Hyper-V
8 12 (0.77%) VMware ESXi
9 11 (0.70%) Microsoft App-V
10 9 (0.58%) BitLocker
11 5 (0.32%) OpenAM
11 5 (0.32%) VMware Workstation
12 4 (0.26%) IAG
12 4 (0.26%) VMware NSX
12 4 (0.26%) XenDesktop
13 3 (0.19%) vCloud
13 3 (0.19%) XenApp
14 2 (0.13%) Firmware
14 2 (0.13%) Platform Symphony
14 2 (0.13%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 144 (9.20%) Microsoft Intune
2 87 (5.56%) Terraform
3 83 (5.30%) SCCM
4 57 (3.64%) Kubernetes
5 30 (1.92%) Ansible
6 24 (1.53%) Single Sign-On
7 17 (1.09%) Kibana
8 16 (1.02%) CASB
8 16 (1.02%) Grafana
9 9 (0.58%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 7 (0.45%) Puppet
11 5 (0.32%) Nagios
11 5 (0.32%) WSUS
12 4 (0.26%) FortiGate
12 4 (0.26%) Prometheus
12 4 (0.26%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
13 3 (0.19%) Forefront Identity Manager
13 3 (0.19%) Perfmon
13 3 (0.19%) SCOrch
13 3 (0.19%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 77 (4.92%) Oracle
2 75 (4.79%) Google
3 71 (4.54%) VMware
4 68 (4.35%) ServiceNow
5 66 (4.22%) SAP
6 65 (4.15%) Cisco
7 45 (2.88%) Salesforce
8 39 (2.49%) Databricks
9 34 (2.17%) Citrix
10 30 (1.92%) Palo Alto
11 24 (1.53%) Apple
12 22 (1.41%) Adobe
12 22 (1.41%) Zscaler
13 20 (1.28%) Splunk
13 20 (1.28%) Workday
14 15 (0.96%) Okta
15 14 (0.89%) Meraki
16 13 (0.83%) CyberArk
16 13 (0.83%) Dell
17 12 (0.77%) HP